This weekend, Qatar will keep us in suspense with the first Grand Prix of the promising 2022 season during which the return to the forefront of Marc Marquez will be one of the challenges. But that’s airside. Behind the scenes, the transfer market will be heard and the acceleration of rumors and other scenarios are giving it more and more of an appearance. And it is not this last idea coming out of the paddock which gives wings to a driver who has already taken flight which will calm the ardor of budding recruiters...
Take a good look at this 2022 MotoGP grid because, next year, it could be very different. fabio quartararo will he still be a pilot Yamaha et Joan mir an official Suzuki ? What about KTM who does not have the MotoGP offer sized to meet the ambitions of its golden sector? And at Honda, who will be alongside Marc Marquez ? These last two questions would already have their answer according to Mowmag who dug on the side of Red Bull which is not a sponsor like any other.
The energy drink also has its ideas and its overall approach to the sports in which it invests and, in the case of MotoGP, it would be keen to influence the career of a Pedro Acosta which is definitely the center of everyone's interest. His peers on the track await him in the premier category but if the principle of arrival is certain, it is still necessary to know where. The Moto3 World Champion is in the box KTM, but the Austrian manufacturer will apparently have the greatest difficulty in keeping it.
Red Bull would decide the name of Marc Marquez's teammate but not only
And for good reason: it would be his big financier Red Bull who would decide for the trigram the future of Peter Acosta. And who says Red Bull says Honda with Marc Marquez inside. So in 2024, at the latest, Aki Ajo's protégé would be placed alongside Marc Marquez at Honda by the brand which would give wings. And in this case, a big boost.
As compensation, still according to Mowmag, Alex Marquez would be installed as a top rider at KTM. And if Peter Acosta was still leapfrogging by achieving success in Moto2 in his first year, as he did in 2021 in Moto3, then the prodigy would be placed at LCR while things are managed at Repsol where Pol Espargaro would benefit from a one-year reprieve. In all cases, Alex Marquez would have a future on the RC16. Red Bull would thus alone determine the numbers of the Honda and KTM teams. To be continued…
